Mob Wives Recap: Brunching and Brawling Mob Wives Style

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   Moli
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 11:02 am

   Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy….Can’t read now but will when I get home. Welcome back Plath:)

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   Classy Drunk
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 11:12 am

   YES! Plath I was so hoping you’d be back.

   On to reading…

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   Classy Drunk
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 11:31 am

   First I actually flinched when I saw the wooden spoon. I have too many bad memories from that.

   So this beef between Carla and Renee is over AJ disrespecting another adult and the adult responded. Well first of Renee if AJ disrespected an adult who is your “child” then you treat him as such. You tell him to apologize to said adult and then you take up with the adult what was said on twitter.

   I guess they keep all the ladies apart for a certain period of time so they aren’t allowed to hash out certain drama.

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   yeknom
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 12:20 pm

   I get why AJ is angry that Renee is talking about his father, but if my son talked to me like that, he’d be on the floor before he finished saying \my f*cking mother\ like AJ said to Renee. When he said that my jaw droppped. Yeah your mom’s crazy….but she’s your mother. AJ might be screwed up because of his parents, but to me he is still an ass in the making. Also, if he didnt like how things went in his mother’s house, he’s 18 & could leave (just like my mother reminded my sisters and me when we were his age). Of course I teared up when I saw he said he felt let down by both his parents in the previews, because I can’t even imagine.

   Now Drita? I. Love. Her. When she said Carla RIPPED Renee, I laughed. I rewound it and laughed again. They need to show more Big Ang and Drita. They’re fun together.

   Carla was MAD. I loved that she gave back all she did to Renee cause it seems like Renee thinks she can say whatever she wants and everyone has to just take it and not dish anything out to her. I think that’s part of the reason Renee got as mad as she did…because Carla didn’t back down like she might have in the past.

   Not sure what I think of Love, but I will say this….just because your boobs are big, doesn’t mean they’re attractive. And yes, Karen, I’m talking to you too!

   Speaking of Karen, she should always wear her hair the way she had it at the bar w/Renee, Big Ang and Love. At first I thought she lost weight…until they showed her in that one shoulder top.

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   labowner
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 12:27 pm

   Yes Plath there is a difference. An addict can afford their drug habit, a junkie can not.

   I think the light bulb turned on for Renee when Love mentioned Junior protected her from another man. Renee realized Junior wanted to sleep with her, doesn’t mean they actually did. I don’t think Love would be dumb enough to sleep with a married mob guy. She is not an outsider like Carla. And that is why Renee treats Carla as such. She is not one of them. She just married into the life. Didn’t live it. She treats Drita differently because Drita can and would kill Renee.

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   PlathAddict
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 12:45 pm

   @Moli thanks for the welcome. Can’t wait to see what you think of this one.

   @Classy – It’s great to be back. I can’t wait to dig into this season. Also, I agree with you about the way that Twitter nonsense should have been handled. But, I truly think Renee has lost her freaking mind.

   @Yeknom, I also hate when kids are disrespectful to their parents. It’s one thing that I have been very vocal about since I started this particular gig. But, I also feel so bad for AJ that I can’t blame him for being frustrated in that instance. He is suffering so much more than she is and she is too engulfed in her own grief and rage to even notice.

   @Labowner I thought Carla’s dad and uncle were both Mobbed up? Drita was the only one who had no mob ties in her family until she married Lee, right? I may have misunderstood that, but I seem to remember Carla’s family being part of the life and Karen and CousinSuckUp talking about how Drita just married into it.

   It’s great to be back guys! I can’t wait to see what everyone has to say about this episode.

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   labowner
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 12:48 pm

   I seem to remember Carla being protected from that crap in her family, but copious amounts of drugs, alcohol and bullying have rendered my mind useless.

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   Derek Hazelton
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 1:02 pm

   Oh shit, Plath is back! Happy New Year, indeed.

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   labowner
   Posted January 8, 2013 at 1:05 pm

   How sad was it that Carla claimed she won that fight. Yikes – there was no winner there.

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    caligal
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 1:07 pm

    Damn, I haven’t had time to watch this yet, but I couldn’t resist the recap! So glad this is back on and so happy you are recapping, Plath! I too, was raised on the trifecta of discipline, which included the wooden spoon, flyswatter, houseshoe, and even a yard stick that was 3 yards long! Needless to say, when it splintered into pieces and I laughed, I got it even worse! I think my mom was of the mind “let me grab what’s handy and knock some sense back into this child”. Nothing like being raised by a southern mother.

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    thisbuggs4u
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    I was so happy to see that this was back on….Then CousinSuckUp was on my tv and I got mad!! I don’t know if I can do another season with her and her bullshit!

    I have to agree, that it was kind of weird that when Renee said she was an addict, no one said anything at all. Carla just kept on yelling. But hey, at least Renee did admit it. We all saw her loosing her shit when Junior flipped…

    Great Recap, looking forward to the season!

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    Juliesf
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    LMAO at the ‘trifecta of discipline’. Great review as usual, PlathAddict.

    Now, *cracks knuckles* I also thought that there must have been something deeper driving Renee’s rage towards Carla and I came to the same basic conclusion as you – a bit of jealousy. This whole thing about Carla saying Renee had surgery to look like here – nonsense! No matter what Renee does, she’ll still be the same dragon lady with the Spongebob Squarepants figure. Ain’t nothing changing that. Do I think Carla is completely innocent? Nope. She has questionable tase in men and she’s even admitted to being with a married man when she was young, but she’s not the corner hooker like Renee casts her to be either. I do think Renee’s sister had a lot to do with this storyline to make the first episode come out with a bang.

    The good thing is the rest of the season looks to be really interesting. I’m looking forward to Carla’s tangle with Joe and his very young, new girlfriend. I’m also curious to see what happens with Karen and her family. I really feel for her daughter, not only because she found a thong in her bedroom (Lawwd) but I sense a lot of loneliness in her.

    All in all, looks to be great new season of my favorite show after Honey Boo Boo (judge if you must) and yes I got a tingle when I saw the opening credits, so bad ass and I missed these women. I agree they should put Big Ang in there too, but that would mean they would have to do the same for Ramona. Hell no. Btw, looks like she better start selling those LV bags.

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    PlathAddict
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    @labowner, Like I said, I don’t remember where I read about Carla’s family connections, but I was sure they were there. I thought that was a major part of Karen and CousinSuckUp trying to turn Carla against Drita. They were using the whole “Drita isn’t one of us” bullshit. It would make sense that her family protected her from knowing though. I also agree that there were no winners in that last fight. Well, maybe Big Ang. But, that’s because I love her so much. Can you imagine if Carla had actually cut Renee? Big Ang would be heartbroken that they got blood all over her nice brunch.

    @Derek, Hey boo! I have missed you too! Happy New Year!

    @caligal, I’m happy to be recapping this again too! I have missed these crazy bitches. My mom was very much the Southern Mother. She kept a spoon in her purse, a flyswatter in the glove box of her big ass Buick, and her house shoes within easy reach at home. She liked to be prepared. No yardstick though. My grandma would make us pick a switch ourselves though, and Lord help us if we picked a wimpy one.

    @thisbuggs4u, CousinSuckUp is bad for my blood pressure. And totally agree with Renee’s admission to being an addict being so secondary to everything else happening. It was just weird.

    @Juliesf, I totally believe that this was a set up on Jennifer G’s part. The way she played Drita and Karen, and the way she played Renee and Carla last year, make me think that she is playing puppet master with her sister’s mental state again. I also completely agree with you about Karina. That poor girl does not deserve this bullshit from her parents. As for CousinSuckUp, either she is even worse of a human being than I thought or those LV bags are knockoffs and she can’t sell them to raise rent. Since her jewelry is in Texas, she better start hustling to find another guy with money if she doesn’t want her kids to have to double up on the rooms. Honestly though, I wouldn’t be surprised if those bags are real but she doesn’t see them as a way to get money for her kids. I think she is just that awful as a human being.

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    So, so, so excited this is back! I thought this episode was a little lack luster and I totally could have done without Karen and CSU but hopefully it will get better. That Rene be crazy!

    Re: difference between addict and junkie: It reminds be of a Tshirt I once saw – I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings. I think that addicts try to get help (or at least recognize they need help) and junkies just don’t give a hoot about getting help.

    Welcome back y’all – we’ll need this to last since there’s no more Mob Wives Chicago and the relentless pursuit for The German.

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    labowner
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Chicken, I’m wondering how we can add Leah from Chicago to this group.

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted January 8, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Lab – there is only two ways that could go: Leah and Drita would be thick as thieves sitting in the corner going “WTF is the matter with these people?” or Leah and Drita would kill each other with nothing more than some fake fingernails and hoop earrings. Either way – that would be TV I would watch! We need to get on this, stat!

    Just saw my captcha: OVER THE TOP The internet is sooooo smart…it knew that I was on the MobWives recap and it is commenting on Rene’s reaction to, well, everything.

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    Smarlo
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 5:32 am

    I really enjoyed the DRAMATIC music during the brunch-brawl. It really set the mood!

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    hot cawfee
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 6:38 am

    bbwwaahaaahhaaaaa— “trifecta of discipline” —-brilliant!!!!!!!
    Now I know we are back !!!!!!!!!! Hot diggety damn– thankee Plathy
    back to reading

    omg– cap code is……just friends
    thats one for you Carla

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    hot cawfee
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 7:01 am

    great point about Renee– Just b/c you slept with Junior doesnt mean that every woman wants to sleep with him

    Maybe Love will smack around Cousin Suckup!!!!!!

    @4 yeknom— I agree with you about Karen’s hair–looked so pretty

    Didnt Renee enter rehab after the season was shot for “undisclosed reasons” ?? I know she has had an issue with aniety–we have seen her spin out before.

    Damn my pint glass and I are so happy this show came back!!!!!!! We are in for a great season!!!!

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    caligal
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 7:45 am

    @Plath….how could I forget about picking your own switch?! And you are most definitely correct on picking the right one. Baby Jeebus help a child if you didn’t come back with half a tree branch!

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    Classy Drunk
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 7:49 am

    @caligal, did you make the mistake the first time and get the smallest switch because you thought it would hurt less. WORST. MISTAKE. EVER.

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    yeknom
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 8:17 am

    @Plath, Yeah disrespectful kids make me cringe a little. Probably because I’m awiting for a flying chancla to come and hit me. But I do feel bad for AJ because he got short-changed in the parent department. I can only imagine the turmoil he’s going through because if I remember right, he was close to his grandfather who his father put away. Plus his mother is a nut job, so I do get his frustration, but still…talking to your mother that way is not cool.

    @caligal, my mother’s discipline trifecta was the chancla (slipper), belt and her hand. I guess she needed to make sure she kept us in line in public too, because it’s not like she could leave her hand behind. You’d think once we all got taller then her we’d be save, but no, that little woman has a good reach and a great aim. I swear she could throw around corners.

    CSU is worst than a bleeding hemorrhoid. Every time I see her I want to throw something. She really did not need to tell her kids all that info. Just say, we’re going to have to move into an apartment. It might be smaller than what you’re used to, but we’ll be fine. All the backstory to it and making it seem like the worst thing ever? Pffft…that was because she thinks it is.

    Re Carla not being part of the life. I too thought her family was part of the mob she was just shielded from it more. I thought the only one who’s not from a mob family is Drita.

    I also feel bad for Karina. She seems like such a sweet kid and her mother is another nut job, but a selfish one at that. Karen is all talk about how much she wants to be with her daughter because if she did, she wouldnt have left her behind. She could easily bring her to NY or just kept her famewhoring ass in AZ. Also? She kept telling Karina’s father that now that he was out of jail it was his turn to raise her, she did her part. As if being a parent is only a temporary thing or a hindrance. She makes my stomach turn as much as CSU.

    @hot cawfee, right? I thought it looked nice.

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    labowner
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 9:16 am

    All this talk of discipline reminds me of Bill Cosby’s bit about his mom throwing her shoes at him and his brother and god forbid if the shoe had a heel. I am the youngest, so by my time my brothers had worn my mom out and I got away with pretty much everything. Although I don’t think I could go much to top vandalizing our church. I digress.

    Carla, you have young children. What were you thinking when you picked up that knife and then decided to drive home drunk as I am assuming you don’t drink straight OJ out of a champs glass?

    Big Ang would love Leah in all her big hair, boobs and funky Italian lingo. I miss being taught a new language.

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    caligal
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 9:37 am

    @Classy….of course I did!! WORST! MISTAKE! EVER!!!! And thank goodness for grandmothers. Mine saved my butt a hundred times!

    @yeknom…my mom was worse if I acted up in public or church. All she had to whisper was “do you want to go to the bathroom?”, and I KNEW she was NOT asking if I needed to potty! She can still give me a look that says “you need to check yourself”, and I do!

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    caligal
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 9:39 am

    @Labowner…I love that sketch, especially where he talks about his wife becoming the samarai warrior with a yardstick! “Roll your eyes at me, and I’ll roll your little head across the floor!”

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    yeknom
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 9:55 am

    @caligal, we never got a verbal warning…we got a warning pinch. If we “embarassed” her by acting up after that, she’d embarass us right back by hitting us. Didn’t care who was around. Oh I know that that look!! You’re right, it can still scare ya straight. And I’m much bigger than her now! lol

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    caligal
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 10:14 am

    @Yaknom….I think the reason the look is still scary is because we were taught respect and discipline. Something that seems to be sorely missing from child-rearing today.

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    Smarlo
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 10:38 am

    When did Big Ang (YAY!) move into that big swanky house??

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    Gypsy
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 11:52 am

    I have to say, I don’t think Renee’s sister likes her very much considering what she is allowing her to do year after year on our screens.

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    labowner
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 11:53 am

    Smarlo last season when her husband was around for a hot moment.

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    yeknom
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 11:54 am

    @caligal mm-hmm…exactly! I feel the same way. There are days that I cannot get over what bad manners & attitudes kids have now. My son knows that I expect him to behave in a certain way and as much of a softie I am, I will come down on him when he pushes me to.

    @Smarlo, Big Ang bought that house when she had her own show. It’s purty, right?

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    Juliesf
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    @Smarlo
    Yeah, that’s what I want to know. I remember thinking her previous residence was rather cramped and drab for a Goddess of her stature. lol. Maybe she got it during the filming of her own show, but I didn’t watch that, wish I did. And what is it with these faux Grecian facade homes in Staten Island?

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    Juliesf
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    OK it took me ten million years to post my comment because work gets in my damn way so thanks labowner and yeknom

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    smarlo
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    I missed her spin off show, so my bad in not knowing all the dirt! It’s huge for just her! I bet her boobs have their own room.

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    sheesh
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 5:53 am

    Soooooo glad these broads are back!
    I miss the yelling, screaming, false accusations and Big Ang’s laugh.

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    featherhead
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 7:31 am

    Yeah!! PA and MobWives are back!!! As soon as the opening music starts – my heart starts racing….. The Big Big Bang, The reason we’re alive……

    Free AJ! That poor kid, he needs to move out stat! Renee almost seems to be blaming him for what Junior did, meanwhile she used to want AJ in that life. Crazy. This season looks awesome!

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    PlathAddict
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 3:03 pm

    Can I just say how much I have missed you guys? I think I have missed your comments more than I have missed the actual show. I’m catching up on comments now, so I’ll be responding soon. But, I just had to let you know how much joy you bring to me when I write these recaps.
    I used to think that I was funny, but you guys kill it every single time. Don’t tell Flipit though. Because, I don’t want to lose this gig to one of you (I need those Cheetos payments)!

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    dizzygirl
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    I told the husband…MOB WIVES is on!!! and he says…they are like scum, why are you watching that…and I said I don;t want to have lunch w/ them, I want to make fun of them and talk about them w/ plathaddict!!

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    Oh @dizzygirl – how could you not want to have lunch with them? You’d have a ring side seat and I hear those are primo!

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    yeknom
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 7:16 am

    @dizzygirl. Mr Yeknom says the same thing to me. Why do you watch this trash, but he’s usually saying it while he’s sitting with me, watching the exact same trash.

    @ChickenLips, right? I’d love to have lunch with them. Or at least near enough to them to hear it all but far enough to make a run for it.

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    joizyboi
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    Loved the recap! I am so happy that those crazy bitches are back. Big Ang, yes, love her, but she is also scary. Reminds me of that guy from Everyone Loves Raymond in drag. Or remember the guy who played Herman Munster? Fred Gwynne or something. Him in drag. Drita is my favorite. I’m gay, but I’d go straight for her. She’s more masculine than any man I could ever get. Cousin SuckUP and Karen make me scream at the TV. Carla with balls is very fun and Renee is as crazy as ever. And Love? Hell yeah! Bring on the drama.

    I used to work with women like these in Philly. They are real. Imagine being in an office with close to 40 of them, and some Black as well. Girl, it was drama big-time!

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    thisbuggs4u
    Posted January 12, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    I forgot to mention this, but someone kind of did….After Brunch Carla got in her car and left. Yeah I am pretty sure she was knockin back those mimosas…It was kind of nice to see Renee get into a car and someone else is driving. Did she get busted for DUI and I missed it? OR is she just “smart”? But I guess if you are popping pills and boozing it up, a driver is the way to go…

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    Drit-er
    Posted January 15, 2013 at 10:55 am

    God forgive me, I love this show. I would call it my guilty pleasure, but I have so many, I might as well admit I am a reality tv show junkie – yes, JUNKIE, I said it – and own it.

    After the hapless Chicago Mob Wives, seeing the original again is like a drink in the desert.

    Plath, I can tell you dig this show, too, which makes your recaps a must-read.